We're leaving America behind now and head to Europe for the first time this series! And its with Real Madrid, struggling in real life this season since the departure of Ronaldo and having sacked their manager once already this season. We're going to pick up control of Los Blancos in December, struggling at the foot of the table but fairing very well in Europe and still on for trophies should you be able to turn their form. You'll have an unhappy squad to win over first.

A club in a crises, struggling to score goals, struggling to keep the ball out their own net and struggling to record points. Its been a very bleak couple of months to start the season. One win and one draw along with plenty of draws has certainly seen the club under scrutiny. In the cup they've progressed nicely though, through the fourth Round and already into the hat for the next one. Can you turn the domestic season around.

The league table obviously would be as you expect when you see the bleak fixture list. Rock bottom and already a massive twenty nine points off the league leaders and fierce rivals Barcelona. Twenty points off the top four and even seven points inside the drop zone. Theres plenty of work for you to do here.

Thankfully, for some reason the European form has been much better. Not only qualifying from the Champions League group, but finishing top of it beating Dortmund to that top spot. Five wins and a draw sees Real Madrid currently unbeaten in Europe to date. And a very winnable tie against Fenerbache in the next round.

And your first game in charge will be the Club World Championship Semi Final, with your chance to scoop a few points straight from the start.

Finally, with January obviously just around the corner, you will have the transfer window to improve the squad. This will give you a chance to recruit some highly talented players, you've got money to spend and could easily make more money if you look to get rid of the moaning players already in the squad to raise that morale.

YOU'VE GOT TILL THE END OF THE SEASON TO BAG AS MANY POINTS AS YOU CAN, THIS WILL BE A SIX MONTH SAVE.

Rules:
Manager
- Must have badge set to recommended - Continental Pro Licence and playing experience - International football boxes ticked
- You may not manage any other teams during this process

Files:
- You may not use any editing, scouting or other programmes to aid you
- You may only use the official Save Game file (posted below)
- Your save must be made available for review by a moderator if requested. Failure to do so will see your score wiped- Saved games must be set to a fortnightly autosave

Screenshots and Deadlines:
- Screenshots must be posted IN THIS THREAD no later than 8pm on Monday 31st December 2018.
- Screenshots Required are: Your manager profile (proof of reputation), the end of season Fixture List with results, end of season League Table anything else relevant to point scoring (i.e. top goal scorers or cup runs). Transfers etc. are welcome but not necessary.

I have the same thing, but I think the problem is that the save game has the file extension ".crdownloaded" after .fmf which seems odd. I'm gonna try remove the .crdownloaded and see if it works then. EDIT: This did not work, I get the error message saying it can't be loaded and then it mutates my manager on the main screen!

@Dan I'm not sure if this is how you've uploaded it or if it is something @JohnMellor needs to look at in regards to the server?

I have the same thing, but I think the problem is that the save game has the file extension ".crdownloaded" after .fmf which seems odd. I'm gonna try remove the .crdownloaded and see if it works then. EDIT: This did not work, I get the error message saying it can't be loaded and then it mutates my manager on the main screen!

@Dan I'm not sure if this is how you've uploaded it or if it is something @JohnMellor needs to look at in regards to the server?

crdownloaded is when the download is not completed right? Here it is downloading fine

I'm going to uninstall the game and reinstall it, see if I can get the challenge file to work. If it does not work, I will not be able to participate in this challenge, which is very interess and very well elaborated. If any of the guys who have problems with the file get a solution, please let me know.

It did not work ... thanks for taking the time to respond. Sorry for the inconvenience caused, but something happens with the file that does not work, maybe a version issue, database, something ... who knows ...

Started off slow, trying to turn the Morale around but thankfully unlike the MLS task I finished the season in good form.

Points
0 for 13th in La Liga
10 for Lifting the Club World Championship
10 for Going out in the Semi Final of the Cup
5 for Going out in the Quarter final of the Champions League
10 for Matches against Athletico Madrid
5 for Matches against Barcelona
0 for Not getting any awards and not being Sacked

It did not work ... thanks for taking the time to respond. Sorry for the inconvenience caused, but something happens with the file that does not work, maybe a version issue, database, something ... who knows ...